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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 5h

"you don't want to take life advice from me": way ahead of you, slugger. Simpatico.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 5h

This studio crew was crafted for people who grew up on the Yankees-Sox rivalry circa mid-2000s

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 6h

What do I think? Whatever the opposite of "shut up and take my money!" is, that's what I think.

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Analysis: Can Trump really win a Nobel Peace Prize? Yes. Here’s how | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump makes no secret of his aim to win a Nobel Peace Prize. His supporters say he deserves the prize already, while his detractors mock the pursuit entirely – pointing to his controv...

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 6h

"Leads? Yeah! Sure! I'll, uh, just check with the boys down at the crime lab...."

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 6h

very normal stuff

Mahomes depreciation post after the loss: Fuck Patrick Mahomes, fuck Brittany Mahomes, Fuck Jackson Mahomes. Fuck the pair of testicles those two pieces of shit spawned from.

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Mahomes appreciation post after the loss: hitting a receiver 20 yards downfield directly on his inside shoulder pad when the receiver has never turned to look for the ball is insane accuracy.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 9h

For all of the outrageous policy and politics of the Trump administration, none of this would be possible without a feckless and timid group of Republican legislators who refuse to perform their constitutional roles or hold the executive branch accountable. Complete dereliction of duty.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

Markwayne Mullin -- an idiot who once challenged a Senate witness to a fistfight, a dishonest broker who repeatedly claimed Democrats wanted to give health insurance to undocumented immigrants, a partisan hack who *today* said Democrats are "supporting violence" -- is their point man here?

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 9h

lol, lmao, sure, okay

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 8h

He came with the name! But I like to think so.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 8h

3 people splitting 1.5 million? Ridiculous. 3,000 people splitting 1.5 million? I’m into it!

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 9h

For all of the outrageous policy and politics of the Trump administration, none of this would be possible without a feckless and timid group of Republican legislators who refuse to perform their constitutional roles or hold the executive branch accountable. Complete dereliction of duty.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

Markwayne Mullin -- an idiot who once challenged a Senate witness to a fistfight, a dishonest broker who repeatedly claimed Democrats wanted to give health insurance to undocumented immigrants, a partisan hack who *today* said Democrats are "supporting violence" -- is their point man here?

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 9h

lol, lmao, sure, okay

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 9h

Odie, king of the castle, master of his domain

Odie, a big tan dog, lies on a wood floor

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 17h

In which we discuss the Trump administration's higher ed compact as an extension of its use of patronage (which is, in many ways, the opposite of its stated goal of meritocracy). And @profmarkovic.bsky.social plays it coy re his feelings about private equity; see if you can read between the lines!

Live from Watt Hall with Milan & Mike | Soul for Sale?

Milan and Mike analyze the Trump administration's proposed compact with nine universities and the influence of private equity moguls.

livefromwatthall.transistor.fm

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 10h

Another 6 weeks of winter, for a decade now and no end in sight

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 16h

where do I sign up to give my personal health details and history to our tech overlords, there's no way it could end badly

Leana S. Wen

Al might be our best hope to fix health care

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 18h

I’ve never been more sure of anything in my life than that Watters’s “apology” was one of those of the “I’m sorry you were offended” variety.

Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 19h

After Jesse Watters said last week that America needed to bomb or “maybe gas” the United Nations headquarters, the UN reached out to Fox News and Watters privately apologized. The incident is part of a much larger pattern: www.mediamatters.org/jesse-watter...

Jesse Watters' history of inflammatory and dehumanizing remarks

Fox News host Jesse Watters’ inflammatory rhetoric has reached new lows during the second Trump administration. After the right-wing prime-time host said last week that America needed to bomb or “mayb...

www.mediamatters.org

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 13h

You are denying the existence of differences in British vs American spelling for certain words?

Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 14h

I was canceled* for using the British spelling of canceled, this contagion must stop

*gently corrected by an editor

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 14h

deep cut, I'd forgotten about that whole episode

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 3d

michael?
peter.

Page from fox in socks by dr seuss. Drawing of weird little four legged bugs with faces.
Text reads:
What do you know about tweetle beetles?
Well
When tweetle beetles fight, it's called
a tweetle beetle battle.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 14h

Not only was she not cancelled, she tried really hard to get cancelled (as in fired) and only quit in a huff when it was clear that the NYT was never going to get rid of her without an ironclad cause.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 15h

It's amazing how everyone supporting her seems to forget she wasn't cancelled at all. She quit. And almost immediately was able to launch this new publication. How the hell was she cancelled?

Some people criticized shitty takes. That's not being cancelled.

Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 16h

As one of the countless people *actually* cancelled by Bari Weiss, via her vast favor-trading networks of fellow nepotistic gatekeepers in media and publishing, I think both of these asinine dipshits should go fuck themselves.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 16h

good news for Shedeur, no longer #3 😂

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 16h

right there with you:

Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 16h

I reiterate my position that if Joe Flacco is the answer at this point in his career, you're asking the wrong question

Dianna Russini @diannarussini.bsky.social · 16h

TRADE: The Bengals are acquiring Joe Flacco and a sixth-round pick from the Browns for a fifth-round pick, sources say.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 16h

Imagine being Russell Wilson or Jameis Winston and hearing that you've been passed over for a guy who might be eligible for social security payments as soon as he retires

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 16h

I reiterate my position that if Joe Flacco is the answer at this point in his career, you're asking the wrong question

Dianna Russini @diannarussini.bsky.social · 16h

TRADE: The Bengals are acquiring Joe Flacco and a sixth-round pick from the Browns for a fifth-round pick, sources say.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 16h

where do I sign up to give my personal health details and history to our tech overlords, there's no way it could end badly

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